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| '''Nikolai Ivanovich Veselovsky''' ({{lang|ru|Николай Иванович Веселовский}}, November 1848 - ] ]) was a Russian archaeologist and orientalist, specializing on the history and archaeology of ]. Born in ], schooled in ], studied at ]. Reader in 1877, extraordinarius in 1884, ordinarius from 1890. He was the first to excavate ], the oldest part of ], as well as several notable ]s in Southern Russia and Ukraine, notably the ] and ]s. | |||
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| '''Nikolai Ivanovich Veselovsky''' (]: {{lang|ru|Николай Иванович Веселовский}}; November 1848 – 30 March 1918) was a ] and orientalist who, in the space of 23 years, excavated about 500 ]s in the ].<ref></ref> | |||
| Born in ], Veselovsky went to school in ]. He studied and then read lectures at the ] (reader in 1877, extraordinarius in 1884, ordinarius from 1890<ref>Cловарь профессоров и преподавателей имп. СПб. ун-та. 1869-1894, vol. 1, 1896, p. 151-152.</ref>). | |||
| As a young man, Veselovsky was the first to excavate ], the oldest part of ]. He then turned his attention to ] and some other gems of Timurid architecture to stave off a threat of collapse after a series of earthquakes. | |||
| Veselovsky is best known today for a series of notable kurgans that he explored in Southern Russia: ] (which lends its name to the ]), ] (1897), ] (1898), ] (1903), Semikolenny kurgan, and (in what turned out to be his final field work) the Yelizavetinskaya kurgans. In 1912, Veselovsky moved to ] (present-day ]) to explore the ] grave of a Scythian king. | |||
| Many of his digs were emergency excavations at sites threatened or partly destroyed by looting. In a single season, he had to oversee numerous digs at distant locations. As a result, some excavations were hastily conducted by underqualified assistants, prompting later Soviet archaeologists to explore these sites again. Nevertheless, it was Veselovsky (and his team) that discovered some of the finest examples of ], including the Solokha comb. | |||
| Veselovsky also unearthed notable examples of medieval art, particularly the jewellery and textiles from the ] during his exploration of the ] in 1906 and 1907. | |||
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| *Konovalov, Panov, Uvarov, (1993), ISBN |
*Konovalov, Panov, Uvarov, (1993), {{ISBN|5-85560-293-1}}, | ||
| *Cловарь профессоров и преподавателей имп. СПб. ун-та. 1869- 1894, vol. 1, 1896, p. 151-152. | |||
| *], et al. "Excavations and Discoveries in Scythian Lands", in ''From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C.–100 B.C.'' The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 32, no. 5 (1974), (bottom of the page). | |||
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Russian archaeologist and orientalist (1848–1918)
Nikolai Ivanovich Veselovsky (Russian: Николай Иванович Веселовский; November 1848 – 30 March 1918) was a Russian archaeologist and orientalist who, in the space of 23 years, excavated about 500 kurgans in the Kuban Region.
Born in Moscow, Veselovsky went to school in Vologda. He studied and then read lectures at the St Petersburg Imperial University (reader in 1877, extraordinarius in 1884, ordinarius from 1890).
As a young man, Veselovsky was the first to excavate Afrasiab, the oldest part of Samarkand. He then turned his attention to Tamerlane's mausoleum and some other gems of Timurid architecture to stave off a threat of collapse after a series of earthquakes.
Veselovsky is best known today for a series of notable kurgans that he explored in Southern Russia: Maikop kurgan (which lends its name to the Maikop culture), Kostromskaya (1897), Ulyap kurgans (1898), Kelermes kurgans (1903), Semikolenny kurgan, and (in what turned out to be his final field work) the Yelizavetinskaya kurgans. In 1912, Veselovsky moved to New Russia (present-day Ukraine) to explore the Solokha grave of a Scythian king.
Many of his digs were emergency excavations at sites threatened or partly destroyed by looting. In a single season, he had to oversee numerous digs at distant locations. As a result, some excavations were hastily conducted by underqualified assistants, prompting later Soviet archaeologists to explore these sites again. Nevertheless, it was Veselovsky (and his team) that discovered some of the finest examples of Scythian art, including the Solokha comb.
Veselovsky also unearthed notable examples of medieval art, particularly the jewellery and textiles from the Golden Horde during his exploration of the Belorechensky kurgans in 1906 and 1907.
References
- A film about Veselovsky, by the State Hermitage Museum
- Cловарь профессоров и преподавателей имп. СПб. ун-та. 1869-1894, vol. 1, 1896, p. 151-152.
- Konovalov, Panov, Uvarov, Vologda, xxii - nachalo xx veka (1993), ISBN 5-85560-293-1, s.v.
- Piotrovsky, Boris, et al. "Excavations and Discoveries in Scythian Lands", in From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C.–100 B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 32, no. 5 (1974), available online as a series of PDFs (bottom of the page).